Parole officers confront man in Ila

Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2007

A Danielsville man faces drug and assault charges after he tried to get away from state parole officers in Ila Monday.

According to the Madison County Sheriff's Office, David Johnson Langford, 27, had stopped at the Royal Food Store on Main Street in Ila at about noon, when state parole officers blocked his borrowed pickup truck.

Langford revved the engine and nearly struck one of the parole officers, they told Madison County authorities.

One of the parole officers got into the truck with Langford and stopped it, but when the officers tried to handcuff Langford, he bolted, officers said. As Langford ran across the grounds of nearby Ila Baptist Church, he threw away small plastic bags of prescription pain-killers, officers said.

The officers caught Langford and held him until Madison County deputies arrived.

Langford was charged with aggravated assault, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, abandonment of dangerous drugs and two counts of possession of dangerous drugs and parole violation.